In a joint statement, BWFO4Change Co-Chairs Dr. Stephanie E. Myers and Daun Hester, former Norfolk, Va. City Councilwoman stated, "We are proud to support elected officials who are dedicated to protecting hard-fought gains of Black families who have gone from modest beginnings to join the great American Middle/Working Class. We want the doors of opportunity to remain open for all Americans who work hard and deserve to preserve their gains."

Journalist Barbara Reynolds and long-time D.C. community organizer Johnnie Rice interviewed honorees about their commitment to new jobs creation, maintaining jobs in the United States, supporting small businesses, voting rights for D.C. education and home ownership and protection of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.